Canyon Tours
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| - | Trip Leaders with Canyon Tours include [[Chladek, Crystal|Crystal Chladek]], [[Whitsell, Rhonda|Rhonda Whitsell]], aka ''Scooter'', [[Wells, Dave|Dave]] and [[Wells, Mary|Mary Wells]]. [[Peterson, Bill|Bill Peterson]] | + | Trip Leaders with Canyon Tours include [[Chladek, Crystal|Crystal Chladek]], [[Whitsell, Rhonda|Rhonda Whitsell]], aka ''Scooter'', [[Wells, Dave|Dave]] and [[Wells, Mary|Mary Wells]]. [[Peterson, Bill|Bill Peterson]]. [[Rawson, Pat|Pat]] and [[Rawson, Rachel|Rachel Rawson]] were once Trip Leaders, but have now moved on. |
| - | Other boatmen with Canyon Tours include [[Rawson, Michelle|Michelle Rawson]] (the one with a bubblegum habit), [[Tompkins, Barbie|Barbie Tompkins]], [[Norma]], [[Austin, Carl|Carl Austin]], [[Haynes, Kevin|Kevin Haynes]], [[MacRae, Duane|Duane MacRae]], [[Newman, Larry|Larry Newman]], and [[Roney, Andy|Andy Roney]]. | + | Other boatmen with Canyon Tours include [[Rawson, Michelle|Michelle Rawson]] (the one with a bubblegum habit), [[Tompkins, Barbie|Barbie Tompkins]], [[Norma]], [[Austin, Carl|Carl Austin]], [[Haynes, Kevin|Kevin Haynes]], [[MacRae, Duane|Duane MacRae]], [[Newman, Larry|Larry Newman]], [[Borchardt, Mike|Mike Borchardt, and [[Roney, Andy|Andy Roney]]. |
| - | [[Hartwell, Trey|Trey Hartwell]] was briefly employed as a swamper, but resigned to edit [[Harris, Myleigh|Myleigh Harris']] Canyon recordings as described in [[Blue Beauty]]. Both [[Clark, Randy|Randy Clark]] and [[Whittaker, Noah|Noah Whittaker]] have run gearboats to qualify as boatman, but weren't actually employees as of the wedding trip in May, 2001. | + | [[Hartwell, Trey|Trey Hartwell]] was briefly employed as a swamper, but resigned to edit [[Harris, Myleigh|Myleigh Harris']] Canyon recordings as described in [[Blue Beauty]]. Both [[Clark, Randy|Randy Clark]] and [[Whittaker, Noah|Noah Whittaker]] have run gearboats to qualify as boatman, but weren't actually employees as of the wedding trip in May, 2001. As of the wedding trip, [[Chladek, Nanci|Nanci Chladek]] became a swamper. |
Another regular employee was [[Pleva, Jeff|Jeff Pleva]], the bus driver. Less regular, Ray Reynolds filled in as a substitute bus driver and ''"knows the drill"''<sup>[[Canyon Fires Chapter 16|CF16]]</sup> while Majorie Pleva, Jeff's wife, watched the store at least once. | Another regular employee was [[Pleva, Jeff|Jeff Pleva]], the bus driver. Less regular, Ray Reynolds filled in as a substitute bus driver and ''"knows the drill"''<sup>[[Canyon Fires Chapter 16|CF16]]</sup> while Majorie Pleva, Jeff's wife, watched the store at least once. | ||
Revision as of 21:46, 5 February 2010
Canyon Tours runs tourists on raft trips down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. It was founded by Willie Stein and was run by Louise Buck for many years. It is now run by her widower, Al Buck who has been a boatman for years.
A Canyon Tours trip runs 18 days each run and they will have more than one tour running each week during the season. Each tour will have a trip leader and an experienced hand on each raft. There can also be extra swampers.
Employees run a hectic schedule, having very little time off between trips, but then having an extended time off out of season, during the winter.
Employees
Trip Leaders with Canyon Tours include Crystal Chladek, Rhonda Whitsell, aka Scooter, Dave and Mary Wells. Bill Peterson. Pat and Rachel Rawson were once Trip Leaders, but have now moved on.
Other boatmen with Canyon Tours include Michelle Rawson (the one with a bubblegum habit), Barbie Tompkins, Norma, Carl Austin, Kevin Haynes, Duane MacRae, Larry Newman, [[Borchardt, Mike|Mike Borchardt, and Andy Roney.
Trey Hartwell was briefly employed as a swamper, but resigned to edit Myleigh Harris' Canyon recordings as described in Blue Beauty. Both Randy Clark and Noah Whittaker have run gearboats to qualify as boatman, but weren't actually employees as of the wedding trip in May, 2001. As of the wedding trip, Nanci Chladek became a swamper.
Another regular employee was Jeff Pleva, the bus driver. Less regular, Ray Reynolds filled in as a substitute bus driver and "knows the drill"CF16 while Majorie Pleva, Jeff's wife, watched the store at least once.
Customers
Some of the tourists known to have run the Grand Canyon with Canyon Tours include Karin Chladek, Randy Clark, Jennlynn Swift, Will Hoffman and a wedding party that included many from as far away as Spearfish Lake and Florida.
